The Beatles: Which, What & Where Quiz

Answer: Jeremy Hillary Boob

"Nowhere Man" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was first released on The Beatles' 1965 UK album "Rubber Soul". It was also released as a single in various countries. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and was number one in Canada and Australia.

In a Playboy interview in 1980 John Lennon said, "I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then "Nowhere Man" came, words and music, the whole damn thing as I lay down".

In the movie "Yellow Submarine" the Nowhere Man character was voiced by British actor/comedian/TV star, Dick Emery (1915-83).

Answer: The Daily Mail

"Paperback Writer" was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart for The Beatles in 1966. It was number one for two non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. It was interrupted by Frank Sinatra with "Strangers in the Night", number one for one week.

"Paperback Writer" is said to have come about when Paul McCartney's auntie Lil asked him if he could write a song about a horse or a summit conference or something interesting. He showed his auntie Lil alright.

Answer: Harold Wilson/Edward Heath

"Taxman" was written by George Harrison. It was track one on The Beatles' 1966 UK album "Revolver".

With some assistance from John Lennon, George Harrison wrote "Taxman" in protest against the 95% supertax that The Beatles were paying under the Labour government at the time, led by Harold Wilson. Even though John Lennon thought that Paul McCartney would not have helped George Harrison with writing the song, he did play the Indian-influenced guitar solo on the record.

Answer: The Isle of Wight

"Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear", is a line from "When I'm Sixty-Four", It was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was track nine on The Beatles' 1967 UK album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

Amazingly Paul McCartney wrote "When I'm Sixty-Four" when he was around 14 years old while living at 20 Forthlin Road, Liverpool, around April and May in 1956. John Lennon has claimed to have helped Paul (later in the studio) by contributing the lyrics "Grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck and Dave" and "Doing the garden, digging the weeds".

"When I'm Sixty-Four" was originally recorded in a different key from the finally released version. Paul McCartney wanted it sped up to make his voice sound younger.

Answer: Saturday

"Lady Madonna" was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart for The Beatles in 1968. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year.

"Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creeping like a nun
Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace, see how they run
Tuesday afternoon is never ending
Wednesday morning papers didn't come
Thursday night your stockings needed mending, see how they run"

Answer: What they need's a damn good whacking

"Piggies" was written by George Harrison. It was a track on The Beatles' 1968 UK album "The Beatles" (The White Album).

George Harrison originally started to compose "Piggies" in 1966. It wasn't until he rediscovered the manuscript in his parents' home in Liverpool two years later that he returned to the song. It was on this visit to Liverpool that his mother (Louise), contributed the line "What they need's a damn good whacking" to the song.

The Beatles' producer George Martin, went on holiday during the recording of "The Beatles". He asked Chris Thomas to take over production duties, he also played the harpsichord on "Piggies" and keyboards on other tracks on the album.

Answer: South Dakota

"Rocky Raccoon" was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was a track on disc two of The Beatles 1968 double album "The Beatles" (The White Album).

"Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon" sang Paul McCartney. The Beatles were accompanied by producer George Martin on honky-tonk piano.

"Rocky Raccoon" is the last song by The Beatles to feature John Lennon playing the harmonica.

Answer: Southampton

"The Ballad Of John And Yoko" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. Places mentioned in the song in order are Southampton. Holland, France, Paris, Gibraltar, Spain, Amsterdam, Vienna and London.

John Lennon wrote the song while on honeymoon in Paris but when he got back to England he took it straight round to Paul McCartney's house, in St. John's Wood in London. George Harrison was abroad and Ringo Starr was making the "Magic Christian" movie with Peter Sellers so neither of them appeared on the record

"The Ballad Of John And Yoko" would be The Beatles' last UK number one hit for 54 years, until "Now And Then" hit the top spot in November 2003.

Answer: Up his nose

"Mean Mr. Mustard" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was a track on The Beatles' 1969 UK album "Abbey Road".

"Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose"

Ten bob (Ten shillings/120 old pence) was a pre-decimal UK bank note. It was replaced by a 50p (50 new Pence) coin, when the UK went decimal on February 15, 1971.

Answer: Charles Hawtrey

"I Dig a Pygmy", by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids... Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats!". This aside is the intro to "Two Of Us", the first track on The Beatles' last UK studio album "Let it Be". It was put into the final mix of the album by producer Phil Spector.

Spector received a sentence of 19 years to life in 2009 for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. He died of natural causes in 2021 aged 81.

Charles Hawtrey was a British comedy actor famous for his appearances in the "Carry On" franchise, deaf aid is a term for hearing aid and is also the nickname for The Beatles' Vox amplifiers.